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| |  | | | The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is a 189,497 acre (766.867 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Monroe County, Florida, between Key West, Florida and the Dry Tortugas . Only 2,019 acres (8.171 km2) of land are above sea level, on several keys within the refuge. These keys are unpopulated and are also designated as Wilderness within the Florida Keys Wilderness. The refuge was established to provide a preserve and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife as well as to provide ... |
| |  | | | The Northwest Passage Light was a lighthouse located eight miles (13 km) from Key West, Florida, at the entrance to the northwest channel to the Key West harbor. The first light was a lightship put on station in 1838. It is not known if the lightship survived the Great Havana Hurricane of 1846, which destroyed the Sand Key and Key West lighthouses. The United States Lighthouse Board requested funds to replace the lightship in 1852, citing the expense of maintaining it. The lightship was repaired... |
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| |  | | | The Mule Keys are a group of scattered islets in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. They are between 3 and 12 miles (5�20 km) west of Key West, separated from it by the Northwest Channel. On the west, they are separated from the Marquesas Keys by 6 mile (10 km) wide Boca Grande Channel. They belong to the outlying islands of the Florida Keys. Administratively, they are unincorporated area of Monroe County. The islets all part of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. Th... |
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| |  | | | The Key West Shipwreck Museum (formerly Shipwreck Historeum) is located in Key West, Florida, United States. It combines actors, films and actual artifacts to tell the story of 400 years of shipwreck salvage in the Florida Keys. The museum itself is a re-creation of a 19th-century warehouse built by wrecker tycoon Asa Tift. Many of the artifacts on display are from the 1985 rediscovery of the wrecked vessel Isaac Allerton, which sank in 1856 on the Florida Keys reef and turned out to be one the ... |
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| |  | | | Caroline Street is an iconic and historically significant local road on the island of Key West, Florida. It extends approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeastward to Grinnell Street from Whitehead Street at its southwest end. One of the oldest roads on the island, Caroline Street is surrounded by many old houses, inns, and historic landmarks, which are known for their seclusion from the street by dense landscaping. From its mostly residential origins between Whitehead and Elizabeth streets, Car... |
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| |  | | | WGEN-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is a MundoMax-affiliated television station located in Key West, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Mapale, LLC, the parent of Colombian-based holding company ValOrem S.A.. WGEN-TV maintains studio facilities located on Northwest 75th Street in Miamis Medley neighborhood, and its transmitter is located on Simonton Street in Key West. WGENs signal is relayed through a network of eight low-power translator stations throughout South Florida a... |
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| |  | Lighthouses completed in 1825, Lighthouses completed in 1849, Buildings and structures in Key West, Florida, Landmarks in Key West, Florida, History of Key West, Florida, Lighthouses in Monroe County, Florida, Museums in Key West, Florida, Visitor attractions in Key West, Florida, Maritime museums in Florida, Lighthouse museums in Florida, 1849 establishments in Florida, Hidden categories:, Articles lacking in-text citations from October 2013, All articles lacking in-text citations, Coordinates ... | | The Key West lighthouse is located in Key West, Florida. The first Key West lighthouse was a 65-foot (20 m) tower completed in 1825. It had 15 lamps in 15-inch (380 mm) reflectors. The first keeper, Michael Mabrity, died in 1832, and his widow, Barbara, became the lighthouse keeper, serving for 32 years. The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 destroyed the lighthouse; the USS Morris, which was wrecked during the storm, reported a white sand beach covers the spot where Key West Lighthouse stood. Barb... |
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| |  | Key West, Florida, County seats in Florida, Cities in Monroe County, Florida, Micropolitan areas of Florida, Seaside resorts in Florida, Port cities in Florida, Port cities and towns of the United States Gulf Coast, Cities in Florida, Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean, Hidden categories:, Coordinates on Wikidata, All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2007, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Artic... | | Key West is a city in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The city encompasses the island of Key West, the part of Stock Island north of U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) (east), Sigsbee Park (north, originally known as Dredgers Key), Fleming Key (north), and Sunset Key (west, originally known as Tank Island). Both Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park are part of Naval Air Station Key West and are inaccessible by civilians. Key West is the county seat of Monroe County. Key West is the southernmost city i... |
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| |  | | | Key West High School is a Monroe County public school in Key West, Florida, USA. Key West High School is the largest high school in Monroe County. The school was originally at the site of the current Glynn Archer Elementary School, which opened in 1906 and was used as a high school for white students.citation needed] This school has various clubs including NJROTC, GSA (Gay Straight Alliance), Choir, Band, National Honor Society, Beta club, and others. This school has been the home of the conchs ... |
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| |  | | | Big Coppitt Key is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the lower Florida Keys. The CDP also includes the neighboring islands of Geiger Key and Shark Key. As of the 2000 census, it had a total population of 2,595. The name is said to be a derivation of the old English word coppice, meaning thicket. According to A.D. Bache, in the notes for his coast survey conducted in 1861, this key was the location of Happy Jacks ... |
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| |  | | | The Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in a region known as the Backcountry, which reaches from north of Marathon to north of Key West. It is along the north side of the Keys in that area that border the Gulf of Mexico. The 130,187 acre (527 km2) refuge (6,207 acres (25 km2) of it land, 123,980 (502 km2) water) was established on October 27, 1938, as a haven for great white herons, migratory birds, and other wildlife A... |
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